Shloka 42
Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya
Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa
अभ्मपृष्ठे गयायां च निरविन्दे च पर्वते । तृतीयां क्रौज्चपद्यां च ब्रह्म॒हत्यां विशुध्यते
aśmapṛṣṭhe gayāyāṃ ca niravinde ca parvate | tṛtīyāṃ krauñcapadyāṃ ca brahmahatyāṃ viśudhyate ||
قال أجادريا: «من قدّم قُرابين البِنْدَة (piṇḍa) للأسلاف عند أَشْمَپْرِشْٺَة (Aśmapṛṣṭha) في غَيا (Gayā)، ثم قدّمها مرة أخرى على جبل نِرَفِنْدَة (Niravinda)، وثالثةً عند المَعبر المقدّس المسمّى كْرَوَنْچَپَدِي (Krauñcapadī)، تطهّر حتى من الخطيئة العظمى: بْرَهْمَهَتْيَا (brahmahatyā)، أي قتلُ البراهمي.»
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that certain highly revered tīrthas—especially Gayā and related sites—are regarded in the dharma tradition as powerful means of prāyaścitta: through prescribed ancestral offerings (piṇḍa/śrāddha), even the gravest moral stain such as brahmahatyā is said to be removable, emphasizing repentance, ritual responsibility, and restoration to dharmic life.
A speaker named Ajadriya is describing the merit of specific pilgrimage locations and rites. He lists three places/occasions—Aśmapṛṣṭha at Gayā, Mount Niravinda, and the tīrtha Krauñcapadī—stating that performing the appropriate ancestral offerings there results in complete purification from the sin of brahmahatyā.